Tips To Get Vitamin D Into Your Diet – Quick Read

The sun shine vitamin, vitamin D promotes strong bones and teeth and combats osteoporosis. Get your daily dose with these foods.

You Will Need

• Vitamin D fortified milk or soy milk
• Salmon
• Tuna
• Sardines
• Cod liver oil
• Beef liver
• Cheese
• Eggs
• Vitamin D fortified breakfast cereal, orange juice, yogurt and margarine.

Note: Never change your diet without first consulting your physician.

Tips

• Drink vitamin D fortified milk or soy milk for vegetarians. One cup of it contains 100 IUs (International Units) of vitamin D or about 25% of recommended daily value.
• Breastfed infants should receive supplements of 400 IUs per day of vitamin D.
• Eat oily fish such as salmon, tuna, and sardines which are naturally high in vitamin D. they also contain beneficial omega 3-fatty acids.
• Take fish liver oil such as cod liver oil for a daily dose of Vitamin D. one tablespoon of this oil gives you 40% of your daily recommended amount.
• Add foods such as beef liver, cheese and egg yolks into your diet which contains small amounts of vitamin D.
• Look for D fortified foods which include ready-to-eat breakfast cereal, some orange juice, yogurt and margarine.

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